the King
Names: the KingAikenAiken Drum
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 39 (1)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 2: The Golden Torc
- Ch 22The King has his own reasons for keeping the survey secret and will seek Bryan's life.
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 26Aiken jokes that mind-zorching Marc would save everyone grief, and teases that he could promise, mean it, and later change his mind.
- Ch 26Aiken is a small golden-skinned man with shoebutton eyes who says he has not been well and cannot fly far unaided.
- Ch 32The King responds to Alice's call by sending a flyer with help.
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 39Fitharn advises seeing the King
Fitharn offers Firvulag help for finding the Danube on the way to the Ship's Grave, saying the expedition must first visit the King.
- Book 4 · Ch 26Council agrees to meet Marc
After Hagen explains the CE rig's limits, Aiken, Hagen and Cloud agree to go to Black Crag to hear Marc, under Elizabeth's demand for oaths and redactive probing.
- Book 4 · Ch 32Tony returned from limbo
After being jerked back to the starting point, Tony is left with the cargo as the armored attacker vanishes; Alice guards him and calls the King for help.